Has anyone here ever had their rear sunshade fly off the car? Just in case you're wondering, that little strut in the centre of the sunshade which secures it to the rear windscreen is there for a reason - it prevents the sunshade from flapping around at high speed and self-destructing!
I found this out the hard way a few weeks ago when I was driving home from my parents' house on a crowded highway. I was stuck behind slow traffic for ages, so when I came to an overtaking lane I nailed it to get past as many cars as possible. Having 400hp on tap means you find yourself doing silly speeds before you know what's happening, and I was doing 200km/h when I noticed a real loud noise from behind the car - sort of like THUMP-A-THUMP-A-THUMP, as if one of the wheels was coming off or something! Needless to say it scared the crap out of me, so I hit the brakes and started pulling over. As I was doing so, I saw a large black object in the rear view mirror... it was my sunshade sailing through the air, and shattering into a million bits as it smashed into the car behind me. Oops!!
Anyway here's a few pics of what's left. It's pretty funny in hindsight, although I suspect I'll miss it when summer rolls around...
http://www.norbie.net/images/Sunshade2.jpg
http://www.norbie.net/images/Sunshade3.jpg
http://www.norbie.net/images/Sunshade4.jpg
http://www.norbie.net/images/Sunshade5.jpg
I found this out the hard way a few weeks ago when I was driving home from my parents' house on a crowded highway. I was stuck behind slow traffic for ages, so when I came to an overtaking lane I nailed it to get past as many cars as possible. Having 400hp on tap means you find yourself doing silly speeds before you know what's happening, and I was doing 200km/h when I noticed a real loud noise from behind the car - sort of like THUMP-A-THUMP-A-THUMP, as if one of the wheels was coming off or something! Needless to say it scared the crap out of me, so I hit the brakes and started pulling over. As I was doing so, I saw a large black object in the rear view mirror... it was my sunshade sailing through the air, and shattering into a million bits as it smashed into the car behind me. Oops!!
Anyway here's a few pics of what's left. It's pretty funny in hindsight, although I suspect I'll miss it when summer rolls around...

http://www.norbie.net/images/Sunshade2.jpg
http://www.norbie.net/images/Sunshade3.jpg
http://www.norbie.net/images/Sunshade4.jpg
http://www.norbie.net/images/Sunshade5.jpg